Forgotten fowl: a great chicken salad to empty the fridge

Sometimes all the odds and ends in the pantry and fridge can add up to something really good (other times the experiments in eating the fridge clean can be less than inspiring). This chicken salad came about as a way to use up a chicken whose primary purpose was to flavor some stock. It came out fabulously and I was happy to use up several jars of goodies. (Somehow every time I get to wash a ball jar clean I feel a deep sense of accomplishment, somewhat akin, I guess, to ticking things off a list)

It doesn’t really call for a recipe, but here are the ingredients that went into this dish:

1 whole chicken, boiled to make chicken stock, and then chopped for the salad